- a medium-weight or light-weight fabric of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk, usually smooth, crisp, and lustrous, plain-woven, and with a fine crosswise rib effect.
- any of various other fabrics of silk, linen, wool, etc., in use at different periods.
- of or resembling taffeta.
- a crisp lustrous plain-weave silk, rayon, etc, used esp for women's clothes
- (as modifier)
- any of various similar fabrics
